SCHOOL OF DISOBEDIENCE
a few words
"Art is my knife. My weapon to confront, protest and revolt. I sincerely believe that art can be used as a political tool to fight against oppression, bring liberation, freedom, and social justice. However, apart from a few truly relevant works and initiatives, I find the current art scene fundamentally boring, self-sufficient and exclusionary, and it's not at all surprising that only such a few people are interested in it. Contemporary art whose works can only be received by the viewer through mediation, for example through descriptive texts, guided tours or art education sessions, is not for the general public, but for a privileged segment of society. What is missing is a radical reform of contemporary art, a more sincere, more generous, more accessible and more interesting contemporary art that is open to a wider public, rather than initiatives that seek to promote it and make it more widely accessible. My conviction is that this reform can only happen through the reinvention of art education. The “School of Disobedience” is an attempt to do this.
In my “School of Disobedience” I encourage participants to stop wanting to prove themselves, stop wanting to be validated! Just dare to be themselves: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow their own path and be confidently themselves!”
Anna Ádám
In my “School of Disobedience” I encourage participants to stop wanting to prove themselves, stop wanting to be validated! Just dare to be themselves: defy self-doubt, fearlessly follow their own path and be confidently themselves!”
Anna Ádám
about
Anna Ádám is a Hungarian performance maker and visual artist. Her work blurs the boundaries between choreography, image and object, with the moving body together with its immaterial aspects - such as perception, empathy, emotions, intuitions - as central elements of expression.
Community building and collaboration are part of her main artistic medium: she creates non-judgmental and non-hierarchical political soft-spaces to defy norms, undermine tropes, and express criticism of structural and ideological concerns.
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Community building and collaboration are part of her main artistic medium: she creates non-judgmental and non-hierarchical political soft-spaces to defy norms, undermine tropes, and express criticism of structural and ideological concerns.
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methodology
On the intersection of free dance, intensive physical exercise, and intuitive martial arts, participants experiment and practice movement improvisation, play fight, self defense, and cardio techno-fitness. Unlike any rule-based sport or technique-based dance style, this positive and energetic methodology emphasizes the use of natural and everyday movement, develops body strength, the capacity of confrontation, and resistance.
Following instructions and thematic exercises, participants are encouraged to raise their voice, challenge social norms, gender stereotypes, and dominant ideologies, develop their capacities to revolt against others' judgements, expectations and oppression. They learn the difference between acceptable and unacceptable, rehearse to say "no" and shout for "help" when it’s necessary, recycle denials and fears into self-empowerment and courage.
Following instructions and thematic exercises, participants are encouraged to raise their voice, challenge social norms, gender stereotypes, and dominant ideologies, develop their capacities to revolt against others' judgements, expectations and oppression. They learn the difference between acceptable and unacceptable, rehearse to say "no" and shout for "help" when it’s necessary, recycle denials and fears into self-empowerment and courage.